Number proxy is good for hiding your idenity from people, but of course it’s not to be used for illegal activities. In their FAQ they say :

We do keep backups of our data for 24 hours and should these records be subpoenaed, we will cooperate with law enforcement. Remember these records are all tied to your primary phone number. NumberProxy is great if you are trying to protect your phone number from other people. If you are trying to protect your phone number or conversations from the police or equivalent, it’s probably best to seek another solution.

NumberProxy use cases

This service can be handy for giving your phone number our for time limited things, like selling your house, classified ads or seeking a new job. There is nothing worse having recruiters calling you day and night when you are no longer looking for a job. Once you are done with the number you can cancel your contract and all calls will be rejected and saved messages will be deleted. NumberProxy accepts PayPal or BitCoins so your transaction is that little bit more anonymous. They have various plans, based on a credit system. So the more you use it the more expensive it costs.

Numberproxy is a product by www.layer4.net, a US based VOIP business.

Similar services

Another similar service for virtual numbers is www.flextel.com, who even have some free services for getting virtual phone numbers. We haven’t used either service ourselves, if you have a review that you would like to add, please attach in a comment to this post.

Step 1 : get your iPhone

Our iPhone looks like this, the settings screen is the last icon on the 2nd row.

Step 2 : Enter Settings

This is the top of the settings screen. Here you can control lots parts of your phone, but we are only interested in the VPN setting. So click that one that says VPN – not connected.

Step 3 : Select a configuration or create a new one

Many VPN providers can provide you with a file that you can open on your phone that will load in the details of your VPN server, your username & password. It’s possible to have more than one configuration. We are using Overplay here and we have settings for Ireland, the UK and the US. This allows us to switch easily between different VPN gateways. To add a new VPN connection on your iPhone click Add VPN configuration…

Step 4 :Entering your VPN details

We won’t show you a blank setting page, rather you can see our settings for a real VPN connection. Here the description can be set to anything you wish, it’s the label that you see in step 3 of this guide. Then you have the the server address, this can be an IP address or a sever name like we have in our example. The account will be your username that’s supplied by your VPN provider. We leave the RSA SecurID off. The password is like any password field, it will hide your password a few seconds after you type it. We generally leave the other settings like encryption level and Send all traffic to their defaults just for simplicity.

Once you have the config done you can go back to the last screen, and toggle the VPN on / off button.

And there you have it, now your iPhone is connected to your VPN and you can surf the web as if you are in a different country. You don’t need any type of special iPhone app to connect to the VPN, you can just enter in the settings outlined above. We use our VPN a lot when using public WiFi, as you never can trust if someone’s router is entirely safe or not.

Pick a good VPN

If you are looking for a VPN we can recommend our VPN comparison page which breaks down the main features of each of the VPN providers we’ve tested and trust.

Get AdBlock

AdBlock on Chrome Web Store chromeadblock.com

This Chrome extension will help you block ads. Here’s their latest update to the extension.

NEW IN VERSION 2.5: Blocks ads in ALL videos and in ALL Flash games across the web!

So no waiting to play your favorite game or watch that Youtube video.

What sites does it block ads on?

These are the sites that we’ve checked:

• Youtube : Yes
• Channel 4 oD : Yes
• Hulu : No

Do you know of any other sites that it blocks ads for ?

Get AdBlock

AdBlock settings

You can find AdBlock on the Chrome Web Store. We particularly like the fact that you can just enable the ad blocker per domain name, or you can pause it easily with one click of a button. We aren’t anti-ads on the web, but sometimes they are just too much.

We don’t know how long this tip will work for, and we do expect that the major video websites to try to close these loop holes.

If you have any tips on how you make your video watching online more pleasurable please let us know in the comments, we’d love to hear them !

A win and we’re clear of the embarrassment of the wooden spoon (the prize for the worst performing team at the 6 nations), and France will be well on target for it. If we lose, it goes down to the last round of games where we are scheduled to play Italy on the 16th of March at Stadio Olimpico. Italy are the other spoon contender. Some say it’s more it’s more exciting at the bottom than top right now !

Rugby Rules

Here is a video that we found via twitter, some ladies showing the rules of rugby. As we thought some of our readers may enjoy learning the rules, we decided to share it here.

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We then have two tough games, against Scotland away and France at home. This year, our final 6 nations game will be against Italy on Saturday 16th March. Ireland’s games will be all shown on RTE2, and on BBC 1 or 2. Some of the games will also be shown on ITV.

Ireland’s 2013 6 nations schedule

Here is Ireland’s schedule, the full schedule can be seen below.

Lineout time !

Full 2013 6 nations schedule

Is this the year that Ireland bring back the Championship Trophy, or at least the Triple Crown Trophy ? Ireland last won the competition in 2009. The last time Ireland had to wait 24 years between wins, 1985–2009, hopefully this isn’t the case for the next time. Waiting until 2024 isn’t really an option.

If you enjoy watching live TV as much as we do you will love these websites !

Filmon – Watch UK TV

Our first website for watching live TV, is filmon (www.filmon.com), where you can watch :

• BBC 1, 2, 1 Northern Ireland, News
• ITV 1, 2, 3, 4
• Channel 4 & 5
• E4
• More4
• 5USA

Its as simple as visting the website with your UK IP address, and clicking play. There is sometimes a few quick ads to get started, but once the 30 second ad is done, that’s it for your session. There are extra features available if you created a user account. You can for example get access to other premium channels or get the live TV feed in HD, but we didn’t have time to register for the sake of this quick blog post.

Filmon does have Android and iOS apps for your mobile phones and tablet devices. The service seems to stream the content in a high enough quality.

http://ww.filmon.com/

aertv – Watch Irish TV

Our second website for watching live TV, is aertv (www.aertv.ie), where you can watch :

• RTE 1, 2, news now, junior
• 3
• TG4
• 3e
• Dáil & Seanad Éireann
• aerTV
• Unravel Travel
• France24

Its as simple as visting the website with your Irish IP address, and clicking play. AerTV is run by Magnet.ie, an Irish broadband provider. Their model is to provide the Irish channels for free, and you can purchase access to an impressive 16 channels for €3.99 / month. For this you will get access to BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, VIVA, CBBC, CBeebies, Comedy Central Extra, Nickelodean, Nick Jr., Nick Toons, BBC News and Euro News.

We were impressed with the quality that aertv delivers the streaming TV and it’s more than good enough to watch on your laptop or connect it to your TV via an AppleTV over Airplay.

http://www.aertv.ie/

Other free streaming websites

Watching TV online has never been easier ! If you know of any other streaming TV websites please let us know in the comments !

Priced at $9.99 or about €7.60, it is a bit dear to watch 70 minutes of hurling or football. We are sure it will be of interest to some of our readers looking for a fully legal way to watch the All Irelands from abroad. The reason for the exclusion in the United States, Canada & Australia is due to existing online licensing rights. And if you are in Ireland you can already watch RTE online to see all of these games, for free.

It’s not just the live games that are shown, you will also be able to watch the post match analysis show The Sunday Game also online.

Here is their press release :

SETANTA SPORTS GAA CHANNEL GOES FREE FOR GAA FANS ABROAD THIS WEEKEND

Setanta Sports recently announced their brand new service, which gives users outside of Ireland, the United States, Canada and Australia the ability to stream live GAA Championship matches online. “Watch GAA Online” ensures GAA fans from all over the world are not deprived of catching all the best live GAA action – wherever they may be.

Setanta showing All Ireland games for $9.99 via UStream.TV

The channel has already streamed some pivotal fixtures this season; including last weekend’s All-Ireland Hurling Final draw between Kilkenny and Galway, as well both All Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi Finals.

A spokesperson for Setanta Sports commented:

“There are Irish communities all over the world and we are delighted to be able to bring them live GAA Championship matches on a weekly basis. Our dedicated GAA channel is the first of its kind in the available territories and ensures that GAA fans living abroad don’t miss out on any GAA action. Users can avail of our service by purchasing individual matches or alternatively a season long pass, of which was very popular with GAA fans earlier in the season.

We believe that our channel can become a hub for GAA users worldwide and allow them to engage with like-minded GAA fans through the social function on our channel. We are delighted to announce that we will be broadcasting this weekend’s live GAA matches completely free for users in the available territories. We believe that this gives users that have not already experienced our service a great chance to trial our channel ahead of the All-Ireland Football and Hurling Championship Finals. ”

“Watch GAA Online” individual match passes are available for purchase on our website Setanta.com/WatchGAAOnline or directly via the channel page http://www.ustream.tv/GAAOnlinePPV

Watch GAA Online Upcoming Fixtures

Saturday, September 15th (FREE)

• 12:00pm ET GAA U21B Hurling Championship Final: Roscommon vs Kildare
• 2:00pm ET GAA U21 Hurling Championship Final: Clare vs Kilkenny

Sunday, September 16th (FREE)

• 9:00am ET GAA Intermediate Camogie Championship Final: Derry vs Galway
• 11:00am ET GAA Senior Camogie Championship Final: Cork vs Wexford
• 4:30pm ET The Sunday Game

Sunday, September 23rd

• 8:30am ET GAA Minor Football Championship Final: Dublin v Meath
• 10:30am ET GAA Senior Football Championship Final: Donegal v Mayo
• 4:30pm ET The Sunday Game

Sunday, September 30th

• 8:15 am ET GAA Minor Hurling Championship Final: Dublin v Tipperary
• 10:30am ET GAA Senior Hurling Championship Final: Kilkenny v Galway
• 4:30pm ET The Sunday Game

If you do give it a try, let us know about the quality when it’s live ! We plan to check out the U21 Hurling Championship Final: Clare vs Kilkenny, in a few hours.

Update :Here is a screenshot from the GAA Intermediate Camogie Championship Final: Derry vs Galway. And the quality is quite good.

Derry vs Galway

It’s the first ever senior football final between the two teams, and it will surely be one to remember. Donegal hasn’t won an All Ireland title for 20 years, while it’s been 61 long years for Mayo. Either way it will be a great day for football, and perhaps it shows a new era for Gaelic football in Ireland with these teams reaching the final.

Watch the game

• September 23rd at 3:30pm in Croke Park in the 2012 All Ireland football final. Time is GMT. 

You can watch the game on RTE here : http://www.rte.ie/tvplayer/ie/live/10/, to may need to use a VPN like overplay if you are currently not in Ireland Obviously you should only do this if you have a valid license to watch RTE.

Using a VPN has three main advantages :

1. Secure your internet traffic from prying eyes
2. Keep your website usernames and passwords private
3. Avoid geographical content restrictions